33+ What Religions Regard Mount Fuji As A Sacred Mountain Images. It was also worshiped as an area of the underworld, takai, where ancestral spirits rested. In addition, the mountain was thought itself to be a god.
Up close, mount fuji is a scorched sea of volcanic ash.
Mount fuji is still considered an active volcano. Especially popular are the five lakes on the northern slope of the mountain. Fuji has been revered as a sacred mountain since ancient times. Fuji has been revered as a sacred mountain since ancient times.